Nanoha grit her teeth. She banked upwards sharply, shifting Raising Heart back into Accel Mode.
"Because!" Nanoha shouted towards Agito, telepathically. "She doesn't have the ABILITY to listen to us right now! Doing that would do nothing more than put her back in the same state she's been for months..."
"ACCEL SHOOTER!"
Rolling in the air, Nanoha flung several pink spheres at her other self rapidly.
"We may have some similarities, but our lives have been very different and far apart... And I don't... have the ability to reach her like I could Vivio or Fate-chan, or Subaru with Ginga... I've already failed at that. But there are people who CAN, and if it's come this far I'm not going to let it go FURTHER."
Nanoha smiled, throwing out her hand and generating a pink barrier of energy. Her counterpart's attack splashed against it, and she winced, feeling the impact of it vibrate through her body. That old wound was feeling much more vivid now than before... But she kept smiling.
"THAT'S something I've already taken care of! It's just a matter of holding her off long enough...!"
Somewhere in Royal Base lay the sandwich Taichi had dropped at the first message from his old teammate.
He and Zero flew in, Zero already evolved to Aero V-dramon. Taichi's Pawn Chessmon Buckler was almost in pieces from his attempts to block the debris and fire; both were covered in scrapes and bruises from just the journey in. Though Taichi glowed with orange digisoul, it clearly hadn't been enough to protect him.
Nanoha's message had been hurried and vague for it, but one look at the situation before him told Taichi enough.
"Nanoha!"
Even with the Commander aged down by the virus, he was still able to tell the younger Nanoha he was close to with a glance. The way he looked at her was as though there was no one else in the room.
Galan ran through the Royal Base, not even having PROXY with him as he charged forward, getting to where the commander of DATS had told him to run too.
And that was when he saw it, the younger Nanoha in the air, fighting against the Commander... her. "Nanoha!" Galan shouted, digisoul appearing around his body as he leaped into the air, landing on a nearby roof to where the fighting was taking place... and leaving him in complete view of his former master's apprentice. "Stop this now!"
Nanoha let out a long breath, floating back across the sky as the fight subsided for a moment. Still, she wasn't resting on her laurels - she held Raising Heart down at her side discreetly, but it was... shifting, changing form, into Excellion Mode...
Just in case.
She winced, reaching up to rub her shoulder. In this body, she wouldn't be able to maintain any sort of prolonged fight for long... she just had to hope...
Meanwhile, Alicia had finally recovered a bit from the hits she had taken earlier, Nanoha and Agito's efforts having given her time to take a breather. Floating back up into the sky, she held Fauchard defensively, but didn't attack.
"They're right... you shouldn't be doing this... And you can't... You can't fight all of us off at once..."
Nanoha's eyes widened a bit as she kept clutching her head. "You... no, your'e lying. Your..."
But Taichi wasn't lying. He WOULDN'T. Not to her. Not about this.
And Alicia was fine here. She LIKED this place.
...
The target must be extracted and captured.
...
But that was Alicia-chan! Not a target.
She let out a scream, clutching Raging Heart and pointing it forward at Taichi... before gasping and yanking it away as a yellow beam of energy shot out towards the ground where she had redirected it to.
Galan's eyes widened at what he was seeing. "Nanoha! Fight this. This isn't what you want, it's just what Scagletti is telling you to do. You're stronger than that!"
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"Because!" Nanoha shouted towards Agito, telepathically. "She doesn't have the ABILITY to listen to us right now! Doing that would do nothing more than put her back in the same state she's been for months..."
"ACCEL SHOOTER!"
Rolling in the air, Nanoha flung several pink spheres at her other self rapidly.
"We may have some similarities, but our lives have been very different and far apart... And I don't... have the ability to reach her like I could Vivio or Fate-chan, or Subaru with Ginga... I've already failed at that. But there are people who CAN, and if it's come this far I'm not going to let it go FURTHER."
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"Then where the hell do we find someone who CAN reach her?!" she demanded.
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"THAT'S something I've already taken care of! It's just a matter of holding her off long enough...!"
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So then, while smiling perhaps a bit too deviously, she rolled up a ball of fire in her hands, chucking it at the other Nanoha like a baseball.
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He and Zero flew in, Zero already evolved to Aero V-dramon. Taichi's Pawn Chessmon Buckler was almost in pieces from his attempts to block the debris and fire; both were covered in scrapes and bruises from just the journey in. Though Taichi glowed with orange digisoul, it clearly hadn't been enough to protect him.
Nanoha's message had been hurried and vague for it, but one look at the situation before him told Taichi enough.
"Nanoha!"
Even with the Commander aged down by the virus, he was still able to tell the younger Nanoha he was close to with a glance. The way he looked at her was as though there was no one else in the room.
"What are you doing?"
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And that was when he saw it, the younger Nanoha in the air, fighting against the Commander... her. "Nanoha!" Galan shouted, digisoul appearing around his body as he leaped into the air, landing on a nearby roof to where the fighting was taking place... and leaving him in complete view of his former master's apprentice. "Stop this now!"
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Just in case.
She winced, reaching up to rub her shoulder. In this body, she wouldn't be able to maintain any sort of prolonged fight for long... she just had to hope...
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"They're right... you shouldn't be doing this... And you can't... You can't fight all of us off at once..."
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She flew down in front of Nanoha, and summoned a magical barrier.
"At the very least I can support you like this..."
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Grateful for the break in the fireworks, Taichi nudged Zero forward, closer to Nanoha. He put his Buckler away and held out a hand to her.
"There's no need for any of this. No use for it. Nanoha, please."
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But Taichi wasn't lying. He WOULDN'T. Not to her. Not about this.
And Alicia was fine here. She LIKED this place.
...
The target must be extracted and captured.
...
But that was Alicia-chan! Not a target.
She let out a scream, clutching Raging Heart and pointing it forward at Taichi... before gasping and yanking it away as a yellow beam of energy shot out towards the ground where she had redirected it to.
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